Self-Orienting Handle Assembly for Child Bottles with Asymmetric Lids
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Solution Overview
Problem
Bottles with handles for babies or children often require manual readjustment due to changes in handle orientation when reattached, especially with asymmetric top structures that shift the spout or straw away from the axial center, making it difficult for young users to handle them properly.
Innovation Solution
A self-orienting handle assembly that automatically aligns with the lid when assembled, utilizing a ring with protrusions and notches that engage with the lid's inverse shape, ensuring the handle is always oriented correctly relative to the spout or straw, thus simplifying handling for young users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If handles are attached to a ring that is inserted into the outer periphery of the bottle body, then the handles can be removed for cleaning purposes, but the orientation of the handles may change or shift when reattached
Solution Approach 1:
The lid is designed with an asymmetric structure including a spout or straw that is shifted away from its axial center towards the front of the bottle. The handle assembly incorporates a front indicator that automatically orients itself relative to this asymmetric lid structure, ensuring consistent handle positioning without requiring manual adjustment during reattachment.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the bottle has an asymmetric top structure with spout or straw shifted away from axial center, then the bottle design is optimized for drinking, but manual readjustment of handles is required after reattachment
Solution Approach 1:
The handle assembly is pre-configured with a front indicator and automatic orienting mechanism that aligns the handles with the asymmetric lid structure during the assembly process itself. This preliminary action ensures that when the lid is assembled onto the bottle body, the handles automatically orient themselves correctly relative to the spout or straw position, eliminating the need for subsequent manual readjustment.
3Ease of manufacture
If handles are made removable from the bottle body, then cleaning access is improved, but the handles lack fixed orientation for young users
Solution Approach 1:
The handle assembly incorporates a self-orienting mechanism where the front indicator automatically aligns with the asymmetric lid structure during assembly. This self-service feature allows the handles to automatically position themselves correctly relative to the spout or straw without requiring manual intervention, maintaining both removability for cleaning and consistent orientation for young users.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments relate to a self-orienting handle assembly that is oriented in a predetermined direction relative to a lid when the lid is screwed onto a container. The handle assembly includes a locking structure that locks onto a counterpart locking structure of the lid as the lid is screwed onto the container. The locking structure may include at least one of a protrusion or a notch, and the counterpart locking structure may have an inverse shape. When the lid is screwed onto the container, the locking structure engages the counterpart locking structure and cause the handle assembly to rotate with the lid. When the lid is screwed onto the container, the locking structure locks onto the counterpart locking structure, and thereby prevents the handle assembly from rotating relative to the lid.